According to the Claiborne Pell Elementary School website, "The mission of Pell Elementary School in partnership with students, parents, staff and community is to promote a positive and safe environment, where students want to be and a school where parents want to send their children. This partnership ensures equity, personalization, communication, visibility and academic rigor that produces responsible, respectful, lifelong learners and citizens."
Introduction:
Claiborne Pell Elementary school is located at 35 Dexter Street, Newport, Rhode Island. This school is fairly new, as it opened in the 2013-2014 school year. This public school is in the Newport school district, ran by superintendent Colleen Jermain and principals Kimberly Behan Ed. D. and Jane Perkins. The school educates 854 students from grades PK-4.
Demographics:
This school is somewhat culturally diverse. It is 80% white and 29% african american. Only 33% are latino or hispanic, compared to the state which is 23% latino or hispanic. State wide 80% of residents are white and 13% are african american. 2.6% of the school is made up of asians and 6% is american indian. The school is made up of 48.5% boys and 49.2% girls.
Academic Performance:
The student achievement in this school is average. However, for the most part, proficiency on the school exams were lower than the proficiency for the state itself. It shows that teachers interact well with students. A large amount of students are determined to finish high school.
Safety and Climate:
The school has a very high attendance rate at 95% which is exactly equal to that of the state wide. More students feel safer walking in the halls of their school rather than walking outside of their school. 82.8% of students feel safe walking outside of their school. There is a 17% of students being robbed at this school which is more than the percentage statewide. The bullying rate at this school is also rather high, at around a little over 40%. Also, more than the statewide. 12.3% of students have been involved in a fight and 10.5% have seen another student with a weapon at school.
School resources:
The school resources percentages are very high. There is almost 100% of books available for every student in the school and the same percentage for the appearance of the school inside. However, only 75% for having enough computers for students to use.
Claiborne Pell Elementary is a developing school and hopes to continue sending their students off to do great things in higher levels of education. It is a Green Ribbon school, and has pride in the many activities it provides.
Claiborne Pell Elementary School
According to the Claiborne Pell Elementary School website, "The mission of Pell Elementary School in partnership with students, parents, staff and community is to promote a positive and safe environment, where students want to be and a school where parents want to send their children. This partnership ensures equity, personalization, communication, visibility and academic rigor that produces responsible, respectful, lifelong learners and citizens."
Introduction:
Claiborne Pell Elementary school is located at 35 Dexter Street, Newport, Rhode Island. This school is fairly new, as it opened in the 2013-2014 school year. This public school is in the Newport school district, ran by superintendent Colleen Jermain and principals Kimberly Behan Ed. D. and Jane Perkins. The school educates 854 students from grades PK-4.
Demographics:
This school is somewhat culturally diverse. It is 80% white and 29% african american. Only 33% are latino or hispanic, compared to the state which is 23% latino or hispanic. State wide 80% of residents are white and 13% are african american. 2.6% of the school is made up of asians and 6% is american indian. The school is made up of 48.5% boys and 49.2% girls.
Academic Performance:
The student achievement in this school is average. However, for the most part, proficiency on the school exams were lower than the proficiency for the state itself. It shows that teachers interact well with students. A large amount of students are determined to finish high school.
Safety and Climate:
The school has a very high attendance rate at 95% which is exactly equal to that of the state wide. More students feel safer walking in the halls of their school rather than walking outside of their school. 82.8% of students feel safe walking outside of their school. There is a 17% of students being robbed at this school which is more than the percentage statewide. The bullying rate at this school is also rather high, at around a little over 40%. Also, more than the statewide. 12.3% of students have been involved in a fight and 10.5% have seen another student with a weapon at school.
School resources:
The school resources percentages are very high. There is almost 100% of books available for every student in the school and the same percentage for the appearance of the school inside. However, only 75% for having enough computers for students to use.
Claiborne Pell Elementary is a developing school and hopes to continue sending their students off to do great things in higher levels of education. It is a Green Ribbon school, and has pride in the many activities it provides.
Resources:
About Claiborne Pell / About Claiborne Pell Home. (n.d.). From http://www.npsri.net/domain/577
Claiborne Pell Elementary School - School and District data - RIDE InfoWorks. (n.d.). From http://infoworks.ride.ri.gov/school/claiborne-pell-elementary-school